That's not true. Plenty of personalities on YouTube just play games and provide it as an experience that others can follow along with. Granted, not all of them make much money, but a number of them at least make some supplementary income from it.
Yeah, while it was implemented, it relies on a sort of self endorcement to work... and what seems to happen is more along the lines of 'don't ask don't tell'.
And agree - in an ideal world, all politicians' investments should be managed by an independent third party to avoid conflicts of interest along with prevention of insider trading.
Ask them how long it would take to get from one side of Antartica to the other.